Iv'e noticed there are only one or two major servers in america to play on and they have about 5 times as many people in every zone as compared to the majority of the other servers. One is the pvp server fatman and the other is a pve server, the point im tryin to make is that without a decent amount of players on each of the severs all but the most die-hard players will abandon the game or switch to fatman, which has already happend.
I love the content so far i mean it has some small issues such as the widely known strategical problems of Illum but thats to be expected. Bioware has done a great job of working to meet fans and customers halfway when it comes to the design of tor and thats great, the updates have been great also.
The Problem is sever population. We Need, Need, Need server merges. I cant convince new players to play a MMO that no one else is playing. I barely play now and i think its one of the greatest games ive ever played. We have a population but everyones so far spread out you cant tell if we're TOR or Galaxies with so few people on the servers.
When i buy a game i invest in the game and i invest in the company because im investing my time. I want this game to succeed, but you cant be a successfull MMO without a steady player base. You need to at least combine the servers with the hardcore players together so we appear successfull and appealing to new and old players who left because of population issues. It's an MMO there should always be a decent population active, or feel that way.